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Issue Details:
First known date:
1934...
vol.
6
no.
2
14 February
1934
of
All About Books
est. 1928
All About Books
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Notes
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On cover photograph captioned: Percy Cogger, whose New Novel is mentioned herein.
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"Professor George Cowling reviews a new History of the Novel in England, and makes some critical and commonsense comments on contemporary novelists." (p.23)
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Includes an 8 page advertisement listing Cassell's reprint and copyright fiction.
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Also includes "English Literature in 1933".
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Includes "Hebrew Wisdom" an excerpt from "Solomon Ibn Gabirol" by Dr A. Cohen from The Friday Night Book.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1934 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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A New Novelist,
single work
review
— Review of Flyin' Blind 1934 single work novel ; (p. 24) - A Long-Awaited Book, single work column (p. 26)
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A Reader's Notebook,
single work
review
— Review of The Grey Battalion 1933 single work autobiography ; Artist Among the Bankers 1933 single work ; The Prince of the Totem : A Simple Black Tale for Clever White Children 1933 single work children's fiction ; In Wild New Britain : The Story of Benjamin Danks, Pioneer Missionary, from His Diary 1933 single work ; (p. 27-29) - Dramatists' Club One-Act Play Competition Results, single work column (p. 39)
- Best Sellers and A.B.A. Recommendations, single work column (p. 40)
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Dust Jackets,
single work
prose
Fuller discusses the advent of dust jackets and details some successful and unsuccessful examples.
- New Critical Australian Monthly, single work column (p. 45)
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The A.L.S. Monthly Prize Review,
single work
review
— Review of The Partners 1933 single work novel ; (p. 46) - The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society of Footscray [Annual Report], single work column (p. 47)
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